Ribbed underflap for undergarments



Get. 9 1923.

SQ F. SWANTEES RIBBED UNDERFLAP FOR UNDERGARMENTS Filed Aug. 2, 1922 INVEN TOR M 142m Y Patented Get. 9, 1923. i p 1,469,972 i UNITED STATES()HEL SAMUEL F. SWANTEES, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RIBBED UNDERFLAP FOR- UNDERG-ARIVEENTS.

Application filed August 2, 1922. Serial No. 579,149.

To all whom it may concern: ventional manner and form to the under Be itknown that I, SAMUEL F. SWAN- garment. This improved under flap is madeTnns, a citizen of the United States, residing of any suitable cloth orfabric, the same bein the city of St. Louis and State of Mising formed,however, with ribs, corruga- 5 souri, have invented new and usefulImtions, folds, creases or plaits 4L extending provements in RibbedUnderflaps t'or Unsubstantially horizontally across the flapdergarments, of which the following is a The gist oi the invention liesin this horispecification, reference being had to the ac- Zontal ribbedformation of the under flap 3, companying drawings. whereby the flap iscaused always to stand 1 This invention is in the way of a ribbed outfrom the body of the wearer, along the under-flap for the crotch or seatopening horizontal lines of the ribs, plaits or fiexions 0tundergarments, and the object is to prodescribed, and is prevented fromrolling or vide a flap for this purpose having ribs, buckling.

plaits, plicatures or corrugations extending Any structure whereby theflap is caused horizontally across the flap, this said ribbed torelatively resist folding, rolling or bendtormation being intended anddesigned to ing on the longitudinal lines of the garprevent the flapfrom rolling or buckling ment, would come within the spirit of this intothe crotch ot the wearer, as is the case invention as defined in theappended claim.

with garments employing the ordinary plain I claim:

20 flap. An undergarment provided at the back In the drawing: with aseat opening, an outer flap extending Figure 1 is a. back view of anundergaracross the'seat opening and covering the meat or union suitequipped with this same at the exterior of the garment and butimprovedunder flap, the ordinary outer flap toned to the same, and an interioroppositely 25, being omitted. but its location being indidisposed flapextendingacross the seat opencated in dotted lines. ing and covering thesame interiorly of the Figure 2 is a similar view, showing the garmentand widened between its upper and ordinary outer flap buttoned in place,the 10- lower ends to form a lateral extension at the cation and outlineof the improved, ribbed free edge, said inner flap being ribbedhoriunder-flap being indicated in dotted lines. zontally throughout theentire width of the In describing the improvement it is deflap, wherebythe flap is caused to maintain scribed as though the undergarment to itsnormal position and resist folding, roll-- which it is attached wereworn by a person ing or bendin about its longitudinal. axis.

standing upright. sAMUEL r. swnnrnns. In carrying out this invention, Iprovide Witnesses:

for the seat opening 1 of an under garment ADELE K. DOHLE,

2, an improved under flap 3 attached in con- ANNE A. BULTAS. I 0 p

